Utah Code 53-3-706. Procedure for home jurisdictions upon report of a licensee’s failure to comply with out-of-state authority
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The following is the procedure for the home jurisdiction:
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Terms Used In Utah Code 53-3-706
- Citation: means a summons, ticket, or other official document issued by a peace officer for a traffic violation, containing an order that requires the motorist to respond. See Utah Code 53-3-702
- driver: includes any person who is required to hold a CDL under Part 4, Uniform Commercial Driver License Act, or federal law. See Utah Code 53-3-102
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- Home jurisdiction: means the jurisdiction that issued the driver's license of the traffic violator. See Utah Code 53-3-702
- Issuing jurisdiction: means the jurisdiction in which the traffic citation was issued to the motorist. See Utah Code 53-3-702
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Jurisdiction: means a state, territory, or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia, or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. See Utah Code 53-3-702
- License: means the privilege to drive a motor vehicle. See Utah Code 53-3-102
- Motorist: means a driver of a motor vehicle operating in a party jurisdiction other than the home jurisdiction. See Utah Code 53-3-702
- Process: means a writ or summons issued in the course of a judicial proceeding. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
- Suspension: means the temporary withdrawal by action of the division of a licensee's privilege to drive a motor vehicle. See Utah Code 53-3-102
(1)(a) Upon receipt of a report of a failure to comply from the licensing authority of the issuing jurisdiction, the licensing authority of the home jurisdiction may notify the motorist and initiate a suspension action, in accordance with the home jurisdiction‘s procedures, and suspend the motorist’s driver license until satisfactory evidence of compliance with the terms of the traffic citation has been furnished to the home jurisdiction licensing authority.
(1)(b) Due process safeguards will be accorded.
(2) The licensing authority of the home jurisdiction shall maintain a record of actions taken and make reports to issuing jurisdictions as provided in the compact manual.